Robert
Murray Gilchrist often set his novels in Derbyshire and the Peak
District, but also wrote a number of weird tales, most of which
were collected as The Stone Dragon (1894). He did write other
ghost stories, though, and all were recently collected in
The
Basilisk
(2003).
Short Stories
The Stone
Dragon and Other Tragic Romances, Methuen and Co (London),
1894
(Including: "The Stone Dragon", "The Manuscript of
Francis Shackerley", "Midsummer Madness", "The Lost Mistress",
"Witch In-Grain", "The Noble Courtesan", "The Writings of AIthea
Swarthmoor", "The Return", "The Basilisk", "Dame Inowslad",
"Excerpts from Witherton's Journal: Also a Letter of Crystalla's",
"My Friend", "Roxana Runs Lunatick", "The Pageant of
Ghosts.)
ditto, Charon House (Charlestown,
S.C.), 1998
Lords and
Ladies, Hurst
and Blackett (London), 1903
(Including " "The Madness of Betty Hooton",
"Bubble Magic", "Dryas and Lady Greenleaf", "The Priest's Pavan",
"A Night on the Moor".)
A
Peakland Faggot, Faber & Gwyer (London), 1926
(Including: "The Panicle" and "A Witch in the
Peak")
The
Basilisk,
Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft, British Columbia), 2003
(Including "The Crimson Weaver", "The Stone
Dragon", "The Lover's Ordeal", "The Manuscript of Francis
Shackerley", "Midsummer Madness", "The Return", "Dame Inowslad",
"The Lost Mistress", "Witch In-Grain", "The Basilisk", "The Noble
Courtesan", "The Writings ofAIthea Swarthmoor", "Roxana Runs
Lunatick", "The Grotto at Ravensdale", "Excerpts from Witherton's
Journal: Also a Letter of Crystalla's", "My Friend", "The Madness
of Betty Hooton", "Bubble Magic", "Dryas and Lady Greenleaf", "The
Priest's Pavan", "A Night on the Moor", "The Pageant of Ghosts",
Appendix: "The Panicle", "A Witch in the Peak")
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